BALKANOLOGY: “Albanian Ethnogenesis and Kosovo-Metochia”

June 9, 2020Vladislav B. Sotirovic

The topic to be addressed in this text is the basic misconception on the question of the Balkan Albanian ethnogenesis and national identity that was framed by extremely geo-politically coloured German-based “Illyrian” theory of the Albanian ethnic and cultural origin. This (quasi)theory, unfortunately, has very deep and negative regional political-security consequences.

Vladislav B. Sotirovic, “Albanian Ethnogenesis and Kosovo-Metochia”, Serbian Newspaper, Year LXXIII, No. 703, April 2018, page 5:

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Full text of the article:

„The Fundamental Misconception of the Balkan Ethnology: The ‚Illyrian‘ Theory of the Albanian Ethnogenesis“, American Hellenic Institute Foundation Policy Journal, Vol. 9, Spring 2018, pp. 1−12

Article: The Fundamental Misconception of the Balkan Ethnology: The ‚Illyrian‘ Theory of the Albanian Ethnogenesis